Autographic register.



W. J. HAiNER.

AUTOGRAPHIO REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 27, 1912. 1 1 12 7 Patented Oct. 6, 1914. 3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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AUTOGRAPHIG REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 27, 1912.

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WHITFIELD J. HAINER,OF PROVIDENCE, RI-IODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR- TO HAINER BOOK-KEEPING MACHINE COMPANY, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, A CORPO- RATION OF RHODE ISLAND.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 27, 1912.

Patented Oct. 6, 1914. Serial No. 673,880.

at the city of Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, l nited States of America, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Autographic Registers, of which the followis a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to autographic registers of the type adapted to carry one or more record strips or webs in ribbon form. whereby one original and one or more impression copies may be produced, one or more of said copies being delivered externally, and one or more delivered to the interior of the machine.

The object of my present invention is to provide means for feeding such strips, which means are adapted to be actuated by the movement of a hand lever to feed the strip the required distance to the knife and then by a further movement of said lever to actuate said knife to sever said strips.

A further object ofthe invention is to provide the knife blade with a cam surface, and also to provide a clamp finger arranged to be positively actuated by said cam portion to be moved into engagement with the under strip to bind and hold it firmly while being severed by the knife.

it still further object of the invention is to provide a knife having a plurality of substantially V-shaped cutting edges to engage, pierce and enter the strip in a number of places and cut the same laterally in opposite directions as the knife passes therethrough.

\Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features if construction, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Of the accompanying drawings: F lgure 1- 1s a plan view showing enough of the frame work of the autographic register to illustrate the operation of my improved mechanism which is attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevationon line 2-2 of Fig. 1 showing the magazine chamber and the record strips leading from the rolls therein over the writing plate to the feeding and severing mechanism. Fig. 3 shows a detail in perspective of the slotted knife receiving plate and strip separating guide members. Fig. is a sectional view of the strip guides. on line H of Fig. 3. Fig. 5- is a front elevation showing the feeding, severing and clamping group of mechanism. Fig. 6 is an enlarged view showing the cam portion of the'cutting blade to better illustrate its action upon' the clamping finger, the transverse section being taken through the machine just forward of the knife blade and showing the clamp finger in dotted lines. Fig. 7 is an enlarged front elevation illustrating a portion of the feeding mechanism, partly in section.

Fig. 8

is an end elevation of the pawl and ratchet I mechanism sectioned on line 8-8 of Fig. 7 looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 9- 1s a side elevation showing the hand lever by the movement of which the record strips are advanced and by a further movement the cutter blade'is actuated tosever said strips. view on line 10-10 of Fig? showing the friction brake for the pinion member.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the register casing which is provided with a magazine chamber 2 wherein are mounted three rolls 3, at and 5 which contain the record strips of paper, a,,b and 0, respectively. these strips are all led around the roll 5 and up over the surface of the ,writing plate 6. Carbon sheets 7 are mounted on a roll, not shown, beneath the housing 8 and led transversely across the plate between these strips, the free ends of'said carbons being secured by means, not shown, on the opposite side of said plate. These strips a, b and c are then divided at the point 9. see Figs. 2, Sand 4, strips a and I) being led over the guideinembers 12-12, while strip 0 is led beneath said guides and over the plate 11. At this pointthe two feed rolls 36 and 3,7 meet through suitable slots or'recesses, not shown, in said plat-es IO-andll to grip and advance the three strips simultaneously, strips a and b passing over the table 13, while strip 0 extends downward into the interior or record Fig. 10 is a detail sectional chamber'14 into which it falls after having I I The severing mechanism comprises essentially a pivotallv hung knife blade 15 preferably constructed of sheet steel which is tiLmLl provided with .two or more widely separated piercing points forming teeth with deep recesses between, the outer edge of each tooth being preferably formed on the arc of a circle eccentrically disposed to its path of travel, and the other edge of the tooth being preferably formed on an angle whereby the points of the knife are adapted to engage, pierce and enter the strip in a plurality of different places and to cut the same transversely from its points in opposite directions as -it moves therethrough. These piercing points and eccentrically curved and angular edges serve to equalize the lateral pull or strain on the strips and prevent said strips from moving sidewise or being forced out of their normal feeding path while being severed. The particular shape of the cutting edges of the blade renders the knife capable of passing through a plurality of strips of tender paper of inferior quality and cleanly shear without tearing the same. The lower portion of this knife blade below the pivot ing point is provided with a recesscam portion 18, a downwardly extending car 19 and a rearwardly extending stop 20 to limit the upward movement of the knife. The upper edge of the knife is preferably provided 'With'a laterally extending flange portion 21 for stiffening the blade. This knife is pivoted at 22 to a suitable bracket 23 on the frame and its cuttingedges are adapted to work through the slot 24 of the plate 10, see- Fig. 3, and the knife is held in its normal or raised position against stop 20 by the tension coil spring 23 attached at its opposite end to the wall of the casing.

A feature of my present invention is the construction and operation of the clamping finger 25 for rigidly holding the under or record strip 0 in position up against the plate 10 while being severed by the knife. 'llhis finger is pivoted at 26 below the knife and is provided with a rearwardly extending ear in which is riveted a pin carrying a small anti-friction roll 27 which roll, engages the recessed portion of cam 18 in the knife when in normal or disengaged position. It is by this construction that when the knife commences to descend, the cam portion 18 on the blade at once forces downward the roll 27, whereby a short movement of the knife in this direction, raises the clamp finger up against the underside of the slot plate to positively bind the under strip in position. Thesurface 29 of this knife is o'n the arc of a circle struck from the pivoting point and serves to hold this finger after having been raised firmly up in position during the re mainder of the operating stroke of the knife, in which position said finger is retained until the latter part of the return stroke of the knife when the roll again engages the recessed portion of cam 13 thereby at once carrying the finger downward to release the "tion. when said pin will ride u severed strip 0, permitting it to fall into the record chamber below. By this construction a. positive action for this clamping finger in both directions is obtained.

In operating the knife blade I have pro vided a'bell crank lever 30 pivoted at 31 to 2.

bracket on the casing, one arm 32 of which is connected by the rod 33 to the knife 15 at a point 34, and the opposite arm 35 extends.

out into the path of movement of the hand lever to be actuated thereby in the manner hereinafter described.

in order to feed and nicely control the formed in cam shape as at 63. Passing through the bore of said screw is the tension member 39 having a knurled head at its upper end and provided at its lower end with a transverse pin 64: adapted to be held in engagement with the lower end of said side of its lower end cut on an angle or; f

screw by the tension of spring 38. In order to place the rolls 36 and 37 under tension to feed the stripsthe member 39 is turned to the pin 64 to ride down the right causin the inclined portion of said screw and thereby lace the spring under'tension, the latter eing held under tension by the pin 64 being held in engagement with the flat portion of the end of said screw. lln order to release the spring tension it is simply necessary to turnthe member 39 in reverse directhe cam surface. This lower feed roll 37 1s mounted on a shaft 4L0 which extends laterally out through one side of the frame and on which is loosely mounted the pinion member 41 and ratchet toothed wheel 42 joined thereto by the neckportion 43, the same having a plain portion at which the brake member 45, pivoted at 56 to the frame, is adapted to engage to apply a controlling friction to these toothed members, the extent of which friction being controlled by the adjusting screw 57. This gear memberll is connected to the shaft 40 through the pawl 46 mounted in the littlehood 47, which hood extends over the ratchet gear and pawl and is provided with a hub 48 and a knurled operating end ti) all connected by means of the pin 50 to said roll shaft 40.

ltn order to control and actuate the feeding mechanism and also to actuate the cutting mechanism, l have provided a single peculiarly formed lever the same being pivoted at 51 to the side of the machine and arranged to extend longitudinally toward the delivery endof the machine 311N118 provided a toothed or segmental rack 54, which rack at this end with an operating handle '52. This lever is also provided witha segmental slot; 53, one wall of which is provided with is adapted to engage and rotate the gear 41, during a portion of its stroke, a plain space being provided at the upper end of said toothed portion which permits the rack to disengage the pinion while in its normal position, in which position the feeding mechanism may be actuated in either direction by the knurled handle 49 on shaft 40 independent of the movement of said lever- This lever is also provided with a laterally extending lip 55, see also Fig. 1, whereby it is permitted to engage the arm of the bell crank lever 30 to operate the knife. A stop this lever to-limit the extent of the upward stroke. The operation of this hand actuated lever and its connected mechanism may be more fully described as follows: In Fig. 9 of the drawings the lever is'repre'sented in its normal or inoperative position designated by the letter X. \Vhen it is desired to advance the record strips a predetermined distance the lever is moved upward to the position Y illustrated in dotted lines, which movement causes the rack 5 to engage the pinion 41 and through the ratchet mechanism and shaft rotate the feed rolls. The next movement of this lever. is downward to the normal position X which movement simply turns the ratchet backward without rotating the feed rolls, here the pinion is disengaged by the rack and the feed rollsreleased not being free to be operated by hand in either direction through the handle 4.9 to reset the sheets if desired. A further downward movement of the lever to the point Z causes the laterally extending lip to en-- gage the arm 35 of the knee lever and by this means to force the knife through the. strips to sever them. The handle is .then brought back to the normal position Xiready to repeat the feeding and cutting operations.

I have shown and described the feeding mechanism as being actuated by an upward motion of the handlever and the cutting mechanism as being actuated when the lever is moved in the opposite direction, but I do not wish to be restricted to this particular arrangement as any suitable mechanism may be provided whereby a movement in oneor the same direction will first actuate the feeding mechanism to advance the strip and subsequently actuate the cutter to sever Y the same. k

I claim: 1. In an autograph register, a casing having a magazine chamber in which the rolls of record strips are mounted, feed rolls for said strips, a knife, clamping means for retaining said strips on both sides of said knife while being severed, and a hand lever l holding means when moved in 7 while being cut.

clamp-operating on the side of the knife opposite said rolls to work in, conjunction therewith for retaining the strip'swhile being severed, connections between said knife and said clamp, and a hand lever for operating said roll to feed said strips when moved in one direction and for operating said knife and clamp when moved in the op- 1 posite direction. screw 56 is inserted into the lower end of 3. In an autograph register, means for engaging and feeding one or more record strips, a knife for severing said strips, a clamping finger, actuated by the movement of said'knife to engage said strips while being severed, and a lever for actuating said feeding means when moved in' one direction and for operating said knife when moved in the opposite direction.

4. In an autograph register, feed rolls for advancing one or more record strips, a knife for severing said strip means for engaging the under side of said strips while bein severed, and a hand lever for operating sai feed rolls when moved in one direotionand for simultaneously operating said knife and the opposite direction.

5. In an autographic register, feed rolls for advancing one or more record strips, a knife, a hand lever, means whereby a move ment of said lever in one direction is caused to actuate said rolls to feed said strip and moved in the opposite direction to actuate said knife to sever the strip, and a clamping finger actuated by the movement of said knife to clamp one or more of saidstrips 6. In an autographic register, means for feeding one or more record strips, a knife, a

means whereby a further movement of said lever actuates said knife to sever sa d strip, and means whereby said strip feeding means ,may be disconnected from said lever to be Operated independent thereof when desired. 7. In an autographlc register, feed rolls for advancing one or more record strips, a

knife, a hand lever, means whereby a move-- ment of said lever in one direction is caused to actuate said rolls to feed said strips and moved in the opposite direction to actuate band actuating lever adapted to be connected .to said feeding means to advance sald strips,

said .knife to sever the strip, and means whereby said strip feeding rolls may be disconnected from the action of said lever to be operatedindependent thereof. I 8. In an autographic register, feed rolls for advancing one or more record strips, a knife for severing said strips, a feed roll shaft, a pinion, a pawl and ratchet mechanism connecting said pinion to said shaft, and an actuating lever carrying a toothed segmental section adapted to engage said pinion whereby the movement of said lever in one direction causes said rolls to advance the strip and a movement in the opposite direction actuates said knife to sever the strips.

9. In an autographic register, feed rolls for advancing a recoro strip, a roll shaft, a pinion, a pawl and ratchet mechanism connecting said pinion to said shaft, and an actuating lever secured to the device havsaid pinion whereby the movement of said said pinion whereby the movement of said lever in one direction causes said rolls to ad vance said strip, and means whereby the record strips may be adjusted longitudinally independent of the movement of the lever whensaid lever is in its normal position.

10. In an autographic register, feed rolls for advancing a record strip, a knife for severing said strip, a roll shaft, a pinion, a pawl and ratchet mechanism connecting said pinion to said shaft, and an actuating lever carrying a toothed segment adapted to engage said pinion whereby the movement of said lever in one direction causes said rolls to advance said strip, and means whereby a movement of said lever in the opposite direction actuates said knife to sever said strip.

11, An autographic register comprising a casing having a magazine chamber for holding the rolls of record strips, means in said casing for advancing one or more of said strips, said advancing means also adapted to retain the strips on one side of said knife while being severed, means for severing said strips, a clamping finger for holding said strips on the opposite side of said sev-- ering means, and a lever for operating said feeding means when moved in one direction and for simultaneously operating said severing means and clamping finger when moved in the opposite direction,

lQQltn an autographic register comprising a casing having a magazine chamber for holding the rolls of record strips, means in said casing for advancing one or more of sand strips, a knife for severing said strips,

a clamp finger, and a cam actuated by the movement of said knife for moving said finger to clamp the strip while being out.

13. An autographic register comprising a casing having a magazine chamber for holding the rolls of record strips, means in said casing for advancing one or more of said strips, a knife blade for severing said strips, a clamp finger, and a cam formed integral with said blade foractuatmg said finger to clamp the strip while being cut.

l t, An autographic register comprising a casing having a magazine chamber for holding the rolls of record strips, means in said casing for advancing one or more of said strips, a knife for severing said strips, a clamp finger, and a cam actuated by the movement of said knife for moving said finger to clamp the strip while being cut, and then move the finger to release said strip as the knife returns to normal.

15, An autographic register comprising a casing having a magazine chamber for holding the rolls of record strips, means in said casing for advancing one or more of said strips, a pivoted knife blade having two or more widely separated piercing points with deep recesses between forming diverging angular cutting edges whereby it is adapted to engage and enter the sheet at a plurality of points and to cut the same transversely in opposite directions as it is moved therethrough, a 'clampfinger, and a cam formed integral with said blade for actuating said finger to clamp the strip while being cut.

16. In an autographic register, a casing having a magazine chamber for holding the rolls of record strips, means in said casing for advancing said strips, a knife blade having a cam formed integral therewith, a clamp finger'actuated by said blade cam to clamp one or more of said strips, while being cut, a lever actuating said engaging means and subsequently actuating said knife to cut the strip.

17?. In an autographic register, a casing having a magazine chamber for holding the rolls of record strips, means in said casing for advancing said strips, a knife blade having a cam formed integral therewith, a clamp finger actuated by said blade cam to clamp one or more of said strips while being cut, a bell crank lever, a connection from said blade to said lever, a hand lever, means whereby a movement of said hand lever actuates said strip-advancing means and a further movement to actuate said knife to cut the strip, i

18. In an autographic register, a casing having a magazine chamber for holding the rolls of record strips, means in said casing for advancing one or more record strips, a roll shaft, a strip severing knife blade having a. cam surface, a bell crank lever, a connector from said blade to said lever, a pinion, a pawl and ratchet mechanism connectin said pinion to said roll shaft, a reciproca is hand lever having a toothed segment adapted to engage said pinion whereby a movement of said latter-lever actuates said rolls to advance said strips and a further movement of said lever engages and moves said bell-crank lever to force said knife through the strips and a grip finger actuated by the cam surface on said blade to llllli iao engage and one or more of said strips during the cutting action and then moved by said cam tolrelease the same as the knife returns to normal.-

19. In an autographic register, a -casing -having a magazine chamber in which the -means mounted in said sleeve for varying the tension of said spring.

20. In an autographic register, a casing having a magazlne member in which the rolls of record strips are mounted, feed rolls for said strips, means for operating said feed rolls, a spring for placing said feed rolls under tension, a sleeve mounted in said casing and, disposed above said spring the lower end of said sleeve being provided with a cam surface, a member mounted in said sleeve and having its lower end in engagement with said spring, a pin on said member for engaging, the lower end of said sleeve whereby rotation of said member will cause said pin to cooperate with said cam surface and place said sprin under tension.

In testimony whereof I a my signature v I in presence of two witnesses.

WHITFIELD J. HAINER. WVitnesses:

HOWARD E. BARLow, E. I. OGDEN: 

